I have multiple Etsy shops, and today I received the weekly performance email for each of my shops. But for one of my shops, FelidaWoodworks, the email had "irh2iq6irf8wkpyv" instead of my shop name, FelidaWoodworks.
I can't show you what it looks like in a screen grab, but I can tell you.
At the top of the email is says: "irh2iq6irf8wkpyv: This week in your shop...." When I click on this series of letters and numbers, it takes me to my dashboard for my FelidaWoodworks shop. I immediately checked my shop name in settings, and everything looked good there. I don't see any harm, but I do hope that my shops correct name is showing up correctly, especially with any correspondence with my customers.
Thank you!
-Stan
It’s your Etsy assigned username
We all have one of these weird names.
Maybe Etsy is taking steps to protect buyers and sellers.... with the rash of scams lately.
Etsy has always assigned a long series of numbers and letters to accounts. It started showing these numbers and letters a few years ago when it became harder and harder for people to find unused shop names. All sites do this with accounts but not many actually show them. I think it is just another glitch in the programming when they show.